Transcript OASIS Overview Training
U.S. General Services Administration
Federal Acquisition Service
OASIS
One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services
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Federal Acquisition Service
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OASIS OVERVIEW Contractor Training Slides
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OASIS Fundamentals
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What is OASIS???
Multiple-award IDIQ Contracts (MACs) that are designed to address complex professional service-based requirements in the federal Government
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What do we mean by ‘complex’?
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Federal Acquisition Service Requirements that contain multiple disciplines; Requirements that contain significant IT components but are not IT requirements in & of themselves; Requirements that contain Other Direct Costs (ODCs); Requirements that need flexibility of contract type (such as cost-reimbursement or a hybrid of contract types); and Any one or combination of all of the above.
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OASIS Fundamentals
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Federal Acquisition Service What are the primary customer messages about OASIS???
FLEXIBILITY
– The OASIS contracts are the most flexible contracts in the Federal Government.
CONTROL
– The flexibilities provided in the OASIS contracts allow clients to completely control their task orders.
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OASIS Fundamentals
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Federal Acquisition Service Pools Each Pool is a separate contract Each Pool has one or more NAICS codes assigned to it Each Pool has a single small business size standard Companies may only compete in the Pools which they have earned a contract
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541330
541618 541860 541360 541620 541870 SIZE STANDARD $14 MILLION 541370 541690 541890
POOL 1
541380 541810 541910 541611 541820 541990 541612 541830 541613 541840 541614 541850 541211
POOL 2
SIZE STD $19 MILLION 541213 541214
541219
541720
POOL 3
SIZE STD $35.5 MILLION
541330 Exception A
541330 Exception B 541330 Exception C
POOL 4
500 Employees 541711
541712 POOL 6
1,500 Employees
541712 Exception A POOL 5A
1,000 Employees
541712 Exception B Codes in BOLD POOL 5B
1,000 Employees
541712 Exception C are designated primary codes for FPDS-NG reporting purposes 7
OASIS Fundamentals
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OASIS IS NOT A GSA SCHEDULE
FAR Part 8.4 DOES NOT apply
FAR 15.3 DOES NOT apply
FAR 16.505 APPLIES
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OASIS Fundamentals
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Federal Acquisition Service OASIS does NOT have preset pricing Do NOT publish your sole source T&M ceiling rates Do NOT provide your sole source T&M ceiling rates to clients – if your client is doing a sole source T&M requirement, the OASIS Program Office will provide those rates to the client If asked for your “rates” or “discounts” in a proposal for anything other than a sole source Time and Material task order, provide a “N/A” response.
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OASIS Fundamentals
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Federal Acquisition Service There are no preset rates for ANY task order!
There are no ceiling rates for ANY task order other than a sole source Time and Material task order!
Price your proposals based upon the requirements of the task order. Each task order is unique.
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OASIS Fundamentals
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Federal Acquisition Service TEAMING: Other than the basic limitation on subcontracting associated with small business set-asides, there is NO limitation as to who you can team up with or subcontract with.
You are encouraged to create the best possible team of contractors specific to each task order requirement Develop relationships with other OASIS and OASIS SB Primes and find out what the client wants TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More!
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Advantages and Benefits
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OASIS Advantages
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Federal Acquisition Service FAR Part 16.505 “Streamlined Acquisition Procedures” APPLY!
Synopsizing or Posting Solicitations in FBO.gov is NOT Applicable! (except for exceptions to fair opportunity) Protests less than $10 Million NOT allowable! (except for increase in scope or period) The ordering contracting officer may exercise broad discretion in developing appropriate order placement procedures
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OASIS Advantages
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Federal Acquisition Service BROAD Scope!
Allows all Ancillary Support Items like ancillary labor, materials, and Other Direct Costs (ODCs) to be included in a single task order – TOTAL SOLUTION!!!
Highest Technically Rated Contractors – Best in the Business!
ALL awardees have DCAA Approved Accounting Systems!
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OASIS’ Advantages
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Federal Acquisition Service Streamlined ordering procedures = faster time to award!
CLIN structures may be customized to the task order requirement!
ALL Contract Types allowable!
Standardized Labor Categories provide a common “language of labor”!
Customized Labor Categories allowed at the task order level!
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OASIS’ Advantages
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Federal Acquisition Service Clauses and provisions automatically flow down from the FAR!
AND Optional FAR/DFAR and other Agency Specific Clauses may be tailored specifically to the requirement!
ALL awardees have been determined Responsible, so agency officials don’t have to do these steps!
Commercial OR Non-Commercial procedures Allowable!
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OASIS Benefits U.S. General Services Administration
Federal Acquisition Service Enables agencies to concentrate on missions rather than the acquisition itself Minimizes unnecessary proliferation of interagency and agency-wide IDIQ contracts Provides tremendous flexibility in creating task order solutions Provides complete control to clients to structure, award, and administer their task orders as they see fit Reduces lead time & administrative effort to acquire complex professional service-based requirements Ensures accurate SB award and subcontracting credit
Points of Contact
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Federal Acquisition Service www.gsa.gov/oasis OASIS Contracting Officer: Tommy Thomas [email protected]
OASIS SB Contracting Officer: Valerie Bindel [email protected]
OASIS Deputy Director and Customer Service Lead: Todd Richards [email protected]
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